Customer Reviews

Blue Turns Black on iTunes!

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The Hawk is My Brother

Blue Turns Black is Joe's most personal and mature collection of songs to date. Blue' - like Nolan's other CD's - flaunts contemporary trends - including New-Soul cliches – to create nothing less than a Rosetta Stone of American Music, running the gamut from solo-folk ballads to horn-infused soul to pop and rock. The song “The First to Know” has already been featured in the independent film For Women Only, which has played at the Asheville, North Carolina Film Festival as well as the da Vinci Film Festival.
"International Acoustic Music Awards Shines Artist's Spotlight on Joe Nolan"
- International Acoustic Music Awards
"A singer-songwriter whose dense, descriptive poetry is almost on par with his harmonica idol Dylan and whose street-corner sentimentality turns tuneful circles around Billy Joel..."
- Bob Strauss, Los Angeles Daily News
"Joe Nolan can write with an eye for detail, a flair for poetry of characterization, and an ability to marry both those talents to folk/acoustic/rock"
- Kerry Dexter, Roots Music Business
"Joe Nolan is a Poet..."
- Clay Steakley, Performing Songwriter

Mighty, Mighty.

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Blue Bourbon Music

The album ‘Blue Turns Black’ is Nolan at his strongest – Emotional writing, sung with fever, backed by soulful playing, set inside rich, smart production. It’s a glorious album the whole way through. At the end of ‘All My Love’, you will not be able to help starting it over again.

Great Album

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Arborescence

Beautiful songs (one of my Favorite Songwriters), Tasteful musicians, Excellent production and Dang those horns are TIGHT! Thanks for the awesome tunes Mr. Nolan!!! Just wish we could catch a show sometime .)

Biography

Genre: Singer/Songwriter

Years Active: '90s, '00s

Joe Nolan began writing songs in his hometown of Detroit at the age of 16. In 1992, he moved to Nashville to become a singer and songwriter. Within six months of his arrival, he had signed on as a staff writer at the Black and White Music publishing firm. He began opening shows for a variety of performers, and in 2000...